Descriptive Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Afghanistan: Reported Cases to National Surveillance System, 2016-2018.

•Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has significantly increased in Afghanistan during recent years.•Those who are exposed to the vector (Hyalomma ticks), infected animals, the blood and tissues of freshly slaughtered livestock are most at risk.•The cases reach to its peak during Eid-al-Adha when people are sacrificing animals.•Information on CCHF pathogen genotypes and lineage, strain movement and sequence diversity of the CCHF in Afghanistan is not known yet.